WEBVTT WITH A COUPLEWHO WORRIES THEIR DAUGHTER ANDGRANDCHILDREN OF THE VICTIMSAREA HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ANDCRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS SPENTTHE NIGHT INSIDE THE 30 5THAVENUE HOME, PHOTOGRAPHING,MEASURING, RECORDING THE HEINOUSAND HORRIFIC MURDER SCENEINSIDE.AT ONE POINT, THE PARENTS OF THEWOMAN WHO LIVES HERE ARRIVINGFROM SAN FRANCISCO TO TALK WITHTHE DETECTIVES.>> DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.TOM: THEY'D INTO THE NIGHT, THECORONER ARRIVED.THE VICTIMS ARE A MOTHER, WHODESPERATE TO KIDS AND HERCOUSIN.>> IT'S SAD.THOSE KIDS -- NOBODY DESERVESTHAT.TOM: THIS GIRL SAYS SHE WENT TOMIDDLE SCHOOL WITH ONE OF THECHILDREN AND WAS FRIENDS WITHBOTH.>> SHE WAS A GOOD PERSON.SHE WAS A GOOD FRIEND.HE WAS FUNNY, NICE.TOM NEIGHBORS SAY THE MOTHER: RARELY LEFT THE HOME, BUT HERKIDS WERE POLITE AND PLAYFUL.NO ONE LIVING HERE CAN REMEMBERSUCH A CRIME.>> I'M STILL IN SHOCK.I'M VERY SAD, VERY SAD THATTHERE'S CHILDREN INVOLVED.WHEN IT'S THIS CLOSE TO YOURHOME YOU JUST DON'T EXPECT IT.,TOM POLICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM: A RELATIVE AT 7:00 IN THEMORNING ASKING FOR THEM TO CHECKIN THE FAMILY.NO ONE ANSWERED, WHEN OFFICERSENTERED THE HOME THEY FOUND THEDISTURBING SCENE.>> THIS IS A TRAGIC EVENT NOTONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT FOR

Mom, 2 kids, niece found dead in south Sacramento home, source says

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Updated: 1:22 AM MDT Mar 24, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —

A woman, her two children and their niece were found dead in a south Sacramento home, according a source close to the investigation.

Officers responded around 7 a.m. Thursday to the home on 35th Avenue near Lonsdale Drive after a family member requested a welfare check. The relative told police there were suspicious circumstances at the home.

The investigation is ongoing. Police are looking for witnesses in the area.

Traffic in the area will be impacted for the rest of the day. Investigators are expected to be at the scene into the evening and possibly Friday.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg commented on the homicides, saying the city is ready to support the family.

“This was a horrifying incident but thanks to the rapid response and good work of our Police Department, the suspect has already been arrested," he said in the written statement. "All our hearts here at City hall go out to the victims, their families, schools and community. As a city, we stand ready to embrace the families and community in anything we can do to help. It’s extremely tragic.”